in each of the cities we cover. Our rapidly growing group of San Diego Xconomists (listed here) includes Larry Smarr, founding director of Calit2, the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology; Larry Bock, a leader in commercializing nanotechnology and the founder and organizer of the San Diego Science Festival; Fran Berman, director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center; Fred “Rusty” Gage and Ron Evans of the Salk Institute; Evan Snyder at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research; pioneering local venture capitalists Drew Senyei and Ivor Royston, and more.
We are also extremely fortunate to be supported in San Diego by a group of visionary underwriters and partners. These include Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Biogen Idec, EMC (the new owner of Iomega), Enterprise Partners, the Science & Technology Directorate of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the leading high-tech and life sciences trade organizations in the area: BIOCOM, CleanTECH San Diego, CommNexus, CONNECT, the San Diego Software Industry Council, and the San Diego Venture Group.
We’re extremely excited to come to San Diego, and have been thrilled by the enthusiasm with which we’ve been welcomed by the business and university innovators, executives, and administrators we’ve met over the course of preparing to add this important hub to our network. We really hope you like what Xconomy is doing too and, as always, welcome your comments and suggestions at [email protected].
Author: Robert Buderi
Bob is Xconomy's founder and chairman. He is one of the country's foremost journalists covering business and technology. As a noted author and magazine editor, he is a sought-after commentator on innovation and global competitiveness. Before taking his most recent position as a research fellow in MIT's Center for International Studies, Bob served as Editor in Chief of MIT's Technology Review, then a 10-times-a-year publication with a circulation of 315,000. Bob led the magazine to numerous editorial and design awards and oversaw its expansion into three foreign editions, electronic newsletters, and highly successful conferences. As BusinessWeek's technology editor, he shared in the 1992 National Magazine Award for The Quality Imperative.
Bob is the author of four books about technology and innovation. Naval Innovation for the 21st Century (2013) is a post-Cold War account of the Office of Naval Research. Guanxi (2006) focuses on Microsoft's Beijing research lab as a metaphor for global competitiveness. Engines of Tomorrow (2000) describes the evolution of corporate research. The Invention That Changed the World (1996) covered a secret lab at MIT during WWII. Bob served on the Council on Competitiveness-sponsored National Innovation Initiative and is an advisor to the Draper Prize Nominating Committee. He has been a regular guest of CNBC's Strategy Session and has spoken about innovation at many venues, including the Business Council, Amazon, eBay, Google, IBM, and Microsoft.
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